Windows® Internet Explorer® 8, the new web browser from Microsoft was built with developers in mind. IE8 makes it easier than ever for you to build and maintain sites that reach and maintain contact with your customers like never before. Built-in developer tools make it efficient and easy to develop and debug your site. New extensibility capabilities let you differentiate your site and keep customers coming back.

Great Standards Support

Internet Explorer is one of the most standards compliant browsers available, and offers developers the features they want and need.

Full CSS 2.1 Compliance

Support for HTML5 features like AJAX Navigation, DOM Store and more!

Support for CSS3 features like vertical text!

Enhancements to the DOM

Increase the Stickiness Level of Your Site

Drive more traffic to your site while giving customers richer experiences. Create Accelerators and Web Slices that keep your site and services just a click away no matter where your customers are on the web.

Use Web Slices to update users about content that changes on a regular basis, and provide them with notification when it’s updated!

Use Accelerators to provide a quick and easy way to call back into your web service, so users can use it anywhere they are on the web!

Use Visual Search and Search Suggestions to increase the value of search results. Users know that they’re getting what they’re looking for quickly and easily.

Developer Resources

See IE8 Features In Action

Check out all the cool things you can do with IE8 and see the code to do it on the IE8 Demo Site.